I'd probably used the dt before but for Mudcat, it was "word of mouth other music groups". It was actually a 2 step process for me. The first time, I'd managed to help SingsIrish/Mary with a couple of song/chord/tune requests which I think got posted to umf and I got a note via email saying thanks. Somewhere within the short correspondance that followed, I learned about the Mudcat forum and came over for a look. I didn't stay long as I was put off by so many threads with "BS" in the title and perhaps my general feeling toward the place was that it could be "cliquey".

I ended up back here maybe a month after. I can't remember the reason for the email correspondence but I had some with Jeri as a result of discussing music in rmc. Again Mudcat was reccomended and this time round, I decided to put my initial feelings about the site aside and try to stick around.

It's been an interesting journey to me from there on. One perhaps where I have almost gone full circle although overall, I do see genine attempts at a community rather than my initial feelings.

Jon